It's totally fine...: Finally some growth... and a big dose of generosity

We had our second monitoring appointment on Friday morning and we finally have something happening. The right ovary had 6 follicles, the largest one at 10mm and the left ovary had 5 that he measured, all less than 9mm. I believe that there a few more smaller ones in there, but my doc was a little preoccupied talking to my husband about music and baseball. This annoyed me a bit, but I was just so relieved to see something in there that I let it slide. He told me to stay on the higher dose and that I don't have to come back until Monday morning.

Ovary with no follicles

Ovary with growing follicles. Somewhere in those bubbles is a tiny egg.

Due to the increased dose of follistim that we did not anticipate, I was quickly running out of meds. I had signed up for the Out Of Pocket Meds Donation program on my message board community. The program matches women who had successful cycles and no longer need some of their pre-ordered medications to women who are getting ready to start their cycles and do not have insurance coverage for infertility. Although friends and family try very hard to understand what this process can do to you, the only people that can possibly fully "get it" are those who have actually walked these treacherous footsteps.

Friday, I was doubly blessed. I was matched with a woman named Maria from New York who had a vial of 900 units of follistim. I paid for her to overnight it to me. 900 units of follistim would have cost me another $762. So, due to someones extreme generosity toward a perfect stranger who they only have an empathetic connection to, my day got better. Then, at the doctor's office, my favorite nurse Leslie gave me 2 more vials of 300 units. So, in one day, I was donated another $1,270.00 worth of egg producing meds. I can't imagine having to put that much more money on my credit card at this point. I am so thankful.

My package with donated follistim... better than any Christmas present I've ever gotten.